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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
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In the Matter of )
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Comcast of Arizona, Inc. )
Operator of Cable Television System ) File No. EB-09-SD-0037
Physical System ID# 008124 )
Tucson, Arizona ) NOV No. V200932940002
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: May 4, 2009
By the District Director, San Diego Office, Western Region, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Comcast of Arizona, Inc.
("Comcast"), operator of a cable television system in Tucson, Arizona.
2. On March 25, 2009, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's San Diego
Office inspected Comcast's cable television system in Tucson, Arizona.
The San Diego agent requested that Comcast conduct a Required Weekly
Test ("RWT") of its emergency alert system ("EAS") equipment during
the inspection and observed the following violation:
47 C.F.R. S: 11.51(h): "Analog cable and digital cable systems with 10,000
or more subscribers . . . . (3) Shall transmit the EAS visual message on
all downstream channels." At the time of the inspection, no visual message
of the EAS alert was transmitted on any programmed channels during the
RWT.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Comcast of Arizona, Inc.
must submit a written statement concerning this matter within 20 days
of release of this Notice. The response must fully explain each
violation, must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to
correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and should include a
time line for completion of pending corrective action(s). The response
must be complete in itself and signed by Comcast or a principal or
officer of Comcast. All replies and documentation sent in response to
this Notice should be marked with the File No. and NOV No. specified
above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
San Diego Office
4542 Ruffner St., Suite 370
San Diego, CA 92111
4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
Requested and regular mail to Cox Communications, at its address of
record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we advise you that the
Commission will use all relevant material information before it,
including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. Any false
statement made knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William R. Zears Jr.
District Director
San Diego District Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S: 403.
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
Federal Communications Commission
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